Publications of Willison and

Note: The following printer, bookseller, or publisher lists are works in progress. They are generated from title page imprints and may reproduce false and misleading attributions or contain errors.

What does "printed by" mean? How to read the roles ascribed to people in the imprints.

In terms of the book trades, the lists below are sorted into up to four groups where: the person is designated in the imprint as having a single role:

  1. "printed by x"; or
  2. "sold by x"; or
  3. "printed for x" or "published by x";

or as having the seller and printer roles in combination, or an absence of the printer's name following "London: printed:" or "London: printed,":

  1. "printed and sold by x"; or "printed for and sold by x"; or "printed by and for x"; or "printed: and sold by x"; or "printed, and sold by x";  and so on.

On this last point, trade publishers may seem to have "printed" or "published" the work, though they did not own the copyright. The lists below reflect only the information on the imprint, except where ESTC provides extra information.

See also "The Meaning of the Imprint."

Printed by Willison and

  • Salmon, Thomas. A new geographical and historical grammar: wherein the geographical part is truly modern; and the present state of the several kingdoms of the world is so interspersed, as to render the study of geography both entertaining and instructive. Containing I. A description of the figure ... II. Geographical definitions ... III. A general division of the globe ... IV. The situation and extent of the ... Together with an account of the air, soil, produce, traffic, curiosities, arms, ... By Mr. Salmon. Illustrated with a new set of maps of the countries described. Edinburgh: printed by Willison and Darling: and sold at the shop of W. Darling; and by most other booksellers in Great Britain, 1771. ESTC No. N20331. Grub Street ID 9729.